he hoped to find Kintu. On his death he was
succeeded b y his son Tembo.
A fte r Tembo came Kigara, Wanpamba,Kaeema,
and Nakivingi, the last being remembered for
his heroic valour and many conquests.
Nakivingi fought and subjected the Wanyoro,
who, from their predilection for sweet potatoes
may have deemed themselves long ago a separate
people from the Waganda, a theory b y no
means supported b y the authority o f venerable
tradition.
After Nakivingi we have a long list o f kings,
about whom tradition, fable, and history are
alike silent. Morondo succeeded Nakivingi— the
Charlemagne o f Uganda— and after him followed
Sekamanya, Jemba, Suna I., Kimbugwe, Katerega,
Ntewi, and Juko. This last, it is said, had a
headstrong, violent, and disobedient son, named
Kyemba, whom he was obliged to pacify with
the island o f Uvuma, whence afterwards he
appeared in Uganda, deposed his father Juko,
and, slaying him, reigned in his stead.
One o f the heroes o f Nakivingi was a warrior
named Kib aga, who possessed the power of
flying. When the king warred with the Wanyoro,
he sent Kibaga intp the air to ascertain the
whereabouts o f the foe, who, when discovered
b y this extraordinary being, were attacked on
land in their hiding-places b y Nakivingi, and
from above b y the active and faithful Kibaga,
who showered great rocks on them and b y
these means slew a vast number.
It happened that among the captives o f Unyoro
Kibaga saw a beautiful woman, who was solicited
b y the king in marriage. . A s Nakivingi was
greatly indebted to Kibaga for his unique services,
he gave her to Kibaga as wife, with a
warning, however, not to impart the knowledge
of his powe r to her, lest she should b etray him.
For a long time after marriage his wife knew
nothing o f his power, but suspecting something
strange in him from his repeated sudden absences
and reappearances at his home, she set herself
to watch him, and one morning as he left his
hut she was surprised to see him suddenly
mount into the air with a burden o f rocks slung
on his back. On seeing this she remembered
the Wanyoro complaining that more o f their
people were killed b y some means from above
than b y the spears o f Nakivingi, and Delilah-like,
loving her race and her people more than she
loved her husband, she hastened to her people’s
camp, and communicated, to the surprise o f the
Wanyoro, what she had that d a y learned.
T o avenge themselves on Kibaga, the Wanyoro
set archers in ambush on the summits o f each
lofty hill, with instructions to confine themselves
to watching the air and listening for the brushing
of his wings, and to shoot their arrows in the
direction of the sound, whether anything was
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